Description
A pudding-like sticky rice dish steamed in a bamboo or metal tube with pork and shiitake at the bottom, retaining its shape when unmolded.
Restaurants serving Tongzai Migao (Tube Sticky Rice)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Long-grain glutinous rice
- Minced pork
- Dried shiitake
- Dried shrimp
- Five-spice powder
- Quail egg
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Soak long-grain glutinous rice for hours. Rehydrate and chop dried shiitake and shrimp.
- Heat oil and sesame oil, sauté shallots, dried shrimp, shiitake, and coarse minced pork.
- Season strongly with soy sauce, sugar, five-spice, white pepper, and rice wine to make the filling (Rou Zao).
- Place the filling at the bottom of a small metal tube (or ramekin), adding half a braised quail egg.
- Fill up to 80% with raw glutinous rice lightly seasoned with the sautéing oil and soy sauce.
- Steam on high for about
- mins until chewy. Invert onto a plate and drizzle with sweet chili sauce (Tianla Jiang).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Five-spice and Dried shrimp aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese cups or ramekins, Pork belly
Pairing
Deep-fried Pork Rib Soup
Trivia
[For Everyone] Similar to Japanese 'Okowa', but steaming in a tube densifies the rice, creating a uniquely packed chewy texture. A perfect snack at stalls.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Enjoy the unmolded pudding-like sticky rice plain first, then mix generously with the pink sweet chili sauce halfway through!
Allergen
Wheat, Pork, Shrimp, Soy, Egg, Sesame